Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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prolonged session of the Legislature, and the con- sequent delay in passing the appropriation bill, makes it still somewhat doubtful what will be the definite outlook for the College for the next two years ; but it seems certain that we shall have the new Mess Hall, the Student’s Labor Fund, and probably the new Laboratory. With these additions, another Commencement will find the College grounds almost unrecognizable to the visitor of a year or so ago. We have long needed a new 7 Mess Hall ; and it is a constant source of danger to have the Laboratory in the main building. It is rumored that there wdll be a re-arrangement of some of the College buildings, forming a long street which wdll run in front of Assembly and Ross Halls, and parallel to the “ Line,” affording space for the new Mess Hall, and for any professor’s houses which may be built in the near future. We believe that the friendly spirit manifested toward the College by the present Legislature has been greatly fostered by the report made by the legislative committee sent to examine into the condition of the school. These gentlemen, Representatives Mills of McLennan, Wester of Jack, and Graham of Travis, visited us in February, and on their return to Austin made a most favorable report. ;ake the opportunity here to assure our readers that this is not a mixed school, as the spirited drawing of the band by Mr. Monroe would seem to indi¬ cate ; the member of the band whose complexion is of such dusky hue is one of our flaxen-haired Germans, who has become permanently black in the face by reason of blowing his instrument while our cartoonist was trying to study. But jokes and caricatures aside, we are all proud of our baud. And we have reason to be; for though as yet

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name is not a common one, and may need some explanation. It was chosen after much thought, considerable discussion, and violent altercation, as peculi¬ arly appropriate to the style of book which we expected to publish. Although it is of Italian origin, it has resided for so many centuries in England that it has become naturalized. Its meaning in Italian was primarily a culi¬ nary one ; it signified a dish compounded of many ingredi¬ ents, a “hash,” in fact. But like a down-trodden emigrant, who leaves the cramped environment and repressing influences of his native land, and in the liberty and under the new conditions of another country, rises to a higher and nobler walk of life, this word, transplanted to England, came to be used, not for a mere collection of different kinds of food, but as a title for volumes of choice collections of music and literature. So we read of “a scrap book in which the caricaturist Grose, deposited all his odds and ends, sketches and anecdotes; after his death his bookseller served up this poignant hash to the public as ‘Grose ' s Olio. And Dryden calls a certain play of Ben Jonson’s an Olio, because it is “ a mixture ol comedy and tragedy.” It is in somewhat this sense that we use it. For in this volume we have brought together prose and verse, photographs, sketches, caricatures, history, biography, and nonsense, and so, long may it live. The Ohio, a rehearsal of the important events of the year, a reminder of work accomplished, and a monu¬ ment to commemorate the comradeship and brotherly feeling of those bound together by a tie soon to be broken, and never again to be united.

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not one year old, the organization is one which will reflect credit on the college anywhere ; and its members may rest assured that their earnest efforts are fully appreci¬ ated, both by the Corps and the Campus. this, our first Annual, we may well look with pride of on the fact that all our cartoons and other illustrative drawings are the work of “ home talent.” Kven some of our photographs—those illustrating the article Dovjn the Line —were done by Mrs. J. H. Connell, wife of our pro¬ fessor of agriculture. And while we do not have co¬ education here, as at the University, } r et Miss Hutson has been a lecture-student for the past two years, and is counted an honorary member of the class of ’95. Two of our designers, Mr. McMillan and Mr. Holman, graduate this year ; but the succeeding numbers of The Olio will, we trust, for several years } 7 et, have the benefit of Mr. Munro’s ready pencil. Tf HU thanks of the Executive Board and of the editorial staff of The Olio are due to our whole Faculty for many helps and acts of kindness. In particular we wish to express our gratitude to President Ross, Professor Hutson, Professor Philpott and Professor and Mrs. Connell, for special assistance. 4 - « 12